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Putting speakers in the kicks of a 2001 EX
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The process:
driver Attachment 20498 exposed Attachment 20499 cutting Attachment 20500 Attachment 20501 Attachment 20502 deadening Attachment 20503 vented Attachment 20504 Attachment 20505 baffles Attachment 20506 Attachment 20507 grills (updated with Oz grills- not pictured) Attachment 20508 carpeted (need to replace/cover factory carpet) Attachment 20509 |
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passenger
Attachment 20484 Attachment 20485 exposed (computer brain to be relocated) Attachment 20486 cut and deadened Attachment 20487 Attachment 20488 vented Attachment 20489 Attachment 20490 baffles glued and secured (computer relocation visible) Attachment 20491 Attachment 20492 grills Attachment 20493 grills updated Attachment 20494 Attachment 20495 carpeted Attachment 20496 Attachment 20497 |
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test fitting process
Attachment 20473 Attachment 20474 Attachment 20475 Attachment 20476 midrange baffle creation Attachment 20477 Attachment 20478 Attachment 20479 Attachment 20480 Attachment 20481 Attachment 20482 Attachment 20483 designed for flexibility with midrange selection. i made the rear piece to secure to the car with three t-nuts for mounting the outer baffle. the outer baffle is removable so i can try different midrange drivers that don't align with the Oz mounting locations. the midbass baffle is fixed. |
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testing speaker locations
Attachment 20461 Attachment 20462 Attachment 20463 computer relocated Attachment 20464 Attachment 20465 Attachment 20466 retention of factory firewall barrier. Attachment 20467 speaker wire disconnects protected with heat shrink. Attachment 20468 speaker protected from fiberglass with grill cloth Attachment 20469 i've been experimenting with different fill types (fiberglass, polyfill, etc.) and different amounts. the fiberglass is no longer in there. these are the drivers in the kicks: Attachment 20470 Attachment 20471 Attachment 20472 system diagram http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_i...0221_large.jpg |
Awesome work, do you do this professionally or is this just a hobby?
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hobby, of sorts. professionally, i'm an Acoustics Engineer. i've sold home/car audio b4, and installed home audio professionally. but car audio has been a hobby for 15 years, and i perform my own work. i will do installations for others, and my rates are very reasonable. i'll consult on installations, help purchase equipment (usually from a local shop but sometimes online), install and tune, and teach how to use it.
this is my everyday car, most of this work was performed between 11pm-3am, after the wife and kids go to bed, with enough time to sleep b4 i go to work at 8am. i posted this so others with a 6th gen can see the potential. my next task is to recover the factory carpet so i have a seamless look. i don't like that you can see the difference in carpet. and i don't like the stains. |
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the coolest part is that after all of that stuff down there, i lost ZERO space in my kicks. everything is flush with factory carpet and factory panels.
and the sound stage is amazing. tweeter installation: extending tweeter wires - solder and heat shrink Attachment 20455 tweeter prep Attachment 20456 wire terminals - a molex plug is planned for future Attachment 20457 pvc with modeling clay for shape Attachment 20458 covered with black fleece - black so they are not visible from outside and so it matches the tweeters. i may recover most of the car black to set off the silver trim. Attachment 20459 finished look Attachment 20460 |
That is god tier
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thanks?
Originally Posted by inphinit
(Post 202287)
That is god tier
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Originally Posted by keep_hope_alive
(Post 202314)
i haven't heard that expression before. i assume it's a complement? :)
Lets hope it was something good he said...:D Super nice shots and info my Stereo Manager...:D WheelBrokerAng |
Haha yes, it was a compliment.
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lol. thanks!
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first of all damn good custom work! Question what did you use on the pillars for your tweeters?
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thanks, i am looking forward to fiberglassing some covers and trim - just to finish it out. but that will be after i get the 125Hz resonance dealt with. i looked at A LOT of different fabric. unfortunately, the selection for dark gray sucks, and black achieved my goal of making them invisible from outside the car. I used a type of fleece. i wanted something soft and thick - to absorb some of the opposite tweeter as well as the wave expansion from each tweeter. i used fleece because I may opt to resin and fill them one day, but probably not due to the absorptive qualities.
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updated images from a recent project with more deadener Raammat BXT II
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some recent work to experiment with speaker locations and soundstage width.
i have my midbass in the door now so my 6.5" holes in the floor were empty... until now. I made a ring to mount some mids in that location. I recess mounted them so i had both protection and off-axis control Attachment 19429 Attachment 19430 both mids can be played, and since they are mostly in the same location, the soundstage differences should be based on speaker orientation. Attachment 19431 Attachment 19432 Attachment 19433 same for the driver's side Attachment 19434 Attachment 19435 yea, i still have the carpet over the drivers - this is how it looks after another winter. Attachment 19436 Attachment 19437 New carpeting is still planned. not sure what i'll do yet, may just cover the factory carpet with new carpet. may make my own out of MLV, carpet, and foams. |
why did you carpet the speakers?
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Originally Posted by nickmiller
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why did you carpet the speakers?
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